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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

Gen. Johnston was GEN. q. w. SMITH.
seriously wounded and the command
devolved on Gustavus w. Smith He
also was wounded, but even that did not stop
the fight. About dark, Sumner ordered a
bayonet charge of five regiments, which broke
tho Confederate line, and the fight was ended
for May 81.
Richardson's brigade and the artillery had
been mired in tho mud, but they came up
during the night Next morning, juno /, at
8 o'clock, the Confederates made another at
tack. Richardson commanded on the Fed
eral side, and was on the lookout. There
was an indecisive fight of several hours. Gen.
y. o. Howard lost his arm here, and Gen.
Thomas f. Meagher, the patriot fought
valiantly with his Irish brigade. On the
Confederate side Gems. Roger A. Pryor and
Malone, afterward United States senator
from Virginia, commanded the Confederates.
Gen. Lee and President jefferson Davis rode
out in q carriage TO see tho fight from Rich
mond Of May 81. .iNt
June l tho Confederate army, with its
stores and ammunition, was being removed to
Richmond oil day. Toward evening the Con-
federates under Pryor went there too. That
WIS the last Of the Fair Oaks fighting. Each
side lost some 1000. It was q bloody fight
In tho morning Of June 2 Hooker made
reconnaissance toward Richmond. He ap-
preached It within four miles and reported
that only a few pickets could be seen. 1t
seemed good time to march on Richmond,
but the commander in chief ordered Hooker
back and began anew around Fair Oaks the
throwing up OF eaythwork intrenchments
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between the general and Washington. Nc
Clellan demanded always more troops, and
the president and his cabinet refused to let
Washington be denuded. McDowell's corps,
which had remained at Washington, was to
follow and join the army OF the Potomac.
But tho president did not consider that Gen.
Mcclellan had kept his agreement to leave
Washington sufficiently protected, and re-
fused to allow Mcdowell to move This
added to McClellan's irritation and mac
ton s8s4'
For quite six days Mcclellan had lain on
the Warwick with a force several times
largerthan his enemy. After that it was too
late to force the Confederate line. April 10
Gen. ID. II. Hill arrived with re-enforcements
to the Confederates, and April II Gen. Joseph
Il. Johnston himself came and took command
in place of Magruder.
April 10 Mcclellan writes that if Franklin's
and McCalls divisions of McDowel's corps
could be sent him that be would at once at
tack Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown,
take it and storm Yorkfow from the rear
and in front by land. Franllin's division
was sent tardily and did not arrive at York
town until April 90 "a few days" after that
Mcclellan made n reconnaissance of Glouces-
ter Point.
Plenty of time was taken for preparation.
1t was going to be n siege on magnificent
plan. Scaling ladders were made, and by
the Sd of May everything was "nearlyn
ready.
May came. and 10! the Confederates
had evacuated Yorktown. The scientific
siege of Yorktown had come to naught The
Confederates had delayed the Federal army
month"; in The swamp trenches along the War
wick line. This gave the Confederates time
to recruit, organize and drill re-enforcements,
till formidable army was got together.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
AT wAsHINeToN.

Placed In command of the army Of the
Potomac headquarters at Washington, Nc
Clellan Immediately proceeded to restore the
troops to prime fighting condition after tho
disaster of Bull Run. Any Of the peoples Of
Europe could not have believed that we were
as ignorant of all pertaining to war rs we
were when Mcclellan took command at
Washington Gen. Barnard, his chief of en-
gineers, tells how their corps had to con-
tend with the want of special engineer
service. There was no properly organized
train for conveying sappers' and miners i'm
plements, intrenching tools and bridge build
ing appurtenances, etc. Axes were given to
the soldiers to carry for use in chopping down
trees, building roads, etc. The soldier carried
it till he got tired and then threw it away.
Next camp he got a new one, and so on.
The transportation Of even the pontoon equi-
page fell on the already overburdened quar-
termaster's department during the heavy
campaigning of tho Peninsula.
Mcclellan set Immediately about building
nm army from the stragglers Of Bull Run and
from the recruits that poured in at the second
call. The result of his labors was in time the
splendid army of the Potomac. In the judg-
nlent of various good authorities Mcclellan
was the best organizer and equipper of an army
either side had during the war. In his
memoirs Mcclellan writes of this time OF
preparation:
~ passed long days in the saddle and my
nights in the office--a very fatiguing life, but
one which made my power felt everywhere
and by every one"
He felt clatcd. too, by his call to Washing
ton. He writes at that time: president
cabinet and Gen. Scott all deferring to me-
BY some strange operation of magic seem
to have become the power Of the land"
Mcclellan paid particular attention to the
defenses OF Washington, and in course OF
time made it well fortified city. After the
battle Of Bull Run the Confederates were adj
vanced dangerously near to Washington
Centreville, little town in Virginia only
twenty miles southwest of Washington, was
regarded as the key TO the capital After Bull
Run even that was abandoned, and all the
Union army went trooping pelImell into
Washington. The Confederate forces under
Beauregard Immediately occupied It, In
deed Gen. Joseph E. Johnston afterward I'D
vanced the Confederate lines even to Nun
sons Hill, in an air line only six miles from
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

FAIR OAKS BATTLE GROUND.
Casey was pressed backward TO Fair Oaks
station with rc-enforcements that had been
sent him by Reyes. There was deadly fight
ing around Fair Oaks At the same time
there was q desperate contest about Seven
Pines, and Pecks brigade of Federal troops
was forced back. Confederates swarmed in
in on the Union right, left and center.
COUGHS left was turned, and his division cut
in two, and Kearney, who had endeavored to
save the left, was driven back.
Gen. Sumner alone saved the part of the
army south of the Chickahominy from ami
hilation. He had ordered bridge built ON
his front across the Chickahominy several
days before. This was tho famous Grape
vine bridge. There were only two bridges
besides this by which the Federal troops
might cross tho Chickahominy. These were
Bottoms bridge and the railway bridge.
AT 2:30 o'clock Mcclellan ordered Sumner
to cross tho river to tho aid of Reyes and
Heintzelman. The fact that the Grapevine
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
The PENINSULA.
From Fortress Monroe to Fair
Oaks battle-ground.
GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.
The People Hailed Him as the Young
Napoleon al

A State OF Chronic Nervousness About the
Safety OF Washington Prevented Nc
Ciellan FROM Being supported as He
wished-The secend Siege of York
town-worlsins Slowly and Painfully
Up tho Peninsula Toward Riekmond-
In the swamps-The CbiclSahonainy.
During the winter ofiSf2 London Punch re-
marked that the American civil war was the
civilest it ever heard Of
In the summer of 1864 the north had been
crying for leader. Popular demand was
satisfied by the appointment of Maj Gen.
George Brinton Mcclellan to be commander
in chief, first of the army of the Potomac,
then of the armies of the whole United States
The first promotion came July q. the second
Nov. /, 1861. f1 3lff
1t was not till the next spring, 1862, how
ever, that any fighting was done by the army
of the Potomac. The quarter centennial time
of that fighting has come 1t finds most OF
The leaders on both sides gene from tho scene
OF all earthly strife M Ns
Mcclellan was not only West Pointer, but
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
HANOVER COURT HOUSE.

Between McDowell's front Mt Fredericlxs-
burg and McClellan's right before Richmond
there was q force Of 1900 Confederates.
They were Anderson's and Branch's brigades
and part of Stuart's cavalry. Branch's
brigade was ut Hanover Court House, four
teen miles north of Richmond. To clear
these 1900 away. to destroy the bridges over
the South Anna and the Pamunkey, which
would keep the Confederates from getting In
the rear of the Union army from the right,
and to cut the railroad from Richmond to
Northern Virginia, Fitz John Porter was sent
with 1900 men. May 81, in heavy rain,
the battle of Hanover Court House was
fought, and Porter routed the Confed-
crates Bridges werc destroyed according Ia
the plan, which was in other respects carried
out, except that the railroad from Richmond
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

break, but his chief
forbade it. Smith
felt sure tho at
tempt would have
been successful, for
his men were in
fighting mood. He
declared the few
Vermont boys per-
formed moro indi-
. vidual acts Of he
roism than any 9th
. er troops he had
heard of.
There was con-
tinual bickerinp
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

river, which flows
to tho southeast,
the n sud- denly
takes q sharp turn
to tho south and
empties into the
James. That Is the
Chic a b o mi y,
where much fight
ing was done, but
where fevers and
malaria carried off
more men than all
the fighting In vir-
ginia. Within Its
pois on breeding
a w n INNS lie the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

naval vessels in his
campaign toward
Richmond. T h ?
first plan was a
combined land and
naval attack upon
Yorktown up the
York river from
Fortress Monroe.
But the navy could
not cooperate, as
the general under
stood it should, and
Gen. Webb, in his
Peninsula G a m :
paign," puts that
- "ItI.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

Confederate army
concentrated after
Bull Run Beau-
regard commanded
it up to the end Cd
January, 1862
Then no was sent
west, and Joseph Z.
Johnston becaane
general in chief 'of
the Con federate
army of the east.
J Clellan called
for more and more
recruits for IA as
army. President
Il sI =. n II. N
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

Tarn now to your map, run your finger
down the Chesapeake bay, and stop at that
portion of Virginia between the James and
the York rivers, Run your ego up that, and
you will see that 1t Is long tongue Of land
formed by those two rivers, and lying north
west and southeast. That Is "the Peninsula"
and there is where McClcllan's battles were
fought. Well up toward the upper end lies
Richmond, the objective point of the army OF
the Potomac. Slightly to the north Of Rich
mond you win notice a long, crooked little
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

bridge was already
built saved the day,
what there was left
of it. Su m II e +
crossed in haste
with Sedgwick's
and Richardson's
divisions and took
command. Line of
battle was formed
by Gen. Sedgwick
anew in the woods
near Fair Oaks,
and the battle ragged
even hotter than
before. Confederate
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

had seen actual ser
vice in the Mexican
war. He was born
in Philadelphia in
1926. He was grad
unted from West
Point before lie was
20 years old. The
most promisin 6
graduates of West
Point are immedi-
ately assigned to
the engineer corps.
1T is the crack
corps Of the regu-
lar army. Young
Mcclellan WINS Mt
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

Washington. For weeks he Confederate
flag noated ON Munson7s Hill in plain sight OF
the marble dome of the Capitol.
sCeztreville and Manassas, both far too close
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
March the Con 'ederate army evacuated
Centrevillc. It had lain, with 10000 men,

twenty miles from
Washington oppos-
ed to IN army three
times as large for
months.
March 3 Gen.
Joseph Z. Johnston
detected indica-
lions of unusual
activity in a part
of the Federal
camp" s Witty
and silently there
upon he moved TO
1.-THE south bank OF
the Rappahannock,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10
DAN WEBSTER.

Gen. Mcclellan rode from Yorktown to
Williamsburg, fourteen miles, upon his favor
tie war horse, Dan Webster. The generals
aides called him "Devil Dan," and he could
trot steady gait all day. Mcclellan never
parted with the faithful beast, but kept him
till Dan died in 1879
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

FAIR OAKS STATION
The Confederate army retreated to Williams
burg, eleven miles further up the Peninsula.
Here the third line of the Confederate fortif-
cations crossed the Peninsula. Johnstons re-
treat was accomplished the night of May 5.
1t was before Yorktown that captive war bal
looms began to be used.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-06-10

Mcclellan had been clearing the way for
Mcdowell to join him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
THE PADDOCK TRIAL.
a Very Damaging witness for the Defens,

A Very Damaging witness for. the Defense.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 30.-AIbert
Koschinski, alias "Bismarck," occupied
the witness box this morning in the Had
dock murder trial. Koschinski is ore of
the two Dutchmen referred to in the
testimony who was hired to do up Had
dock and is under indictment as one of
the consplrators. The city authorities,
while accommodating evidence necessary to
arrest, kept track of his movements from
the day of the murder, and when he left
the city in September with his family a
vigilant watch was kept on them.
He was arrested in San Francisco
and confessed to his completely
in the tragedy, and named John Arens-
dort as thei man who shot the minis
ter. So far he is the only German out of
the large number implicated that has
turned states evidence, and his testi-
mony is being listened to by that class
with deep interest. He is the most dam
aging witness yet in the witness-bOx.
Mrs. HaddoCk, the wife of the murder
ed minister, made her first appearance in
court to-day, having come from WisCoE
sin for the purpose of attending the
trial.
Kaschinski resumed his evidence from
yesterday and detailed the circumstances
leading up to the shooting. After
describing some of the events of the
night, he said: "Granda and l went up
Fourth street and saw a crowd of men
coming down the sidewalk up to
the corner of Fourth aud Pearl
streets. The men were going down
Fouth street. We met them near the
alley between Water and Pearl streets.
l saw Leader, Lesvitt, ArensdoTf, P.att
and MunChrath in the crowd. ArensdOrf
had on q black sack coat. Leavitt had on
rubber coat: We all went towards
the Water street corner. Paul Leader
and l were in the front. He and l went
south on Water street. ArensdOrf stood
on the corner with the other men.
Leader and were five feet from Arens-
dOrf. l saw g man coming across the
street. -Arensdorf said to Granda: | don't
want you drunken D utchmen around here.
Rev. HaddoCk was coming across Water
street. The men were on the corner.
Mr.. Haddock was coming east on Water
street. l saw Arensdorf start out to-
wards the preacher. When in the mid
die OF the street, Arensdor fred
q shot Haddock. raised his hands
to his head and fell. Arensdorf
stood still moment and then
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
A Children's Home on Fire.

CINCINNATI, ONO, March 3O.-A fire
broke cut in closet near the stairway in
the third story of St. JosepA's Childrens'
Home in Correyville, and while the mat
ron and two assistants were at mass. In
the third story about twenty children,
from four to ten years Of age, were sleep
ing. One of these was awakened By the
smoke. Sac reused the others and the
elder children carried the younger ones
safely down, the janitor arriving in time
to save the last infant. Prompt response
by the fge department saved the building
from destruction. In five minutes the
fire would have cut of egress from the
dromitOry.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
THE RAILROADS.
The Immense Deck Bridge OF the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande for the
BrazOs on the Ocean.
The Commissions to Ticket Agents and
SCalpers abolished by the RaiIrORds-
neutrality-suspicious. Notes.
Home Notes,

Major r. w. Cave, Treasurer of the
Houston and Texas Central, paid Fort
Worth flying visit yesterday.
WI. Sherman, Assistant Chief En-
giueer of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe, was in Fort Worth yesterday.
J. NJ. Phillips, General Master of
Transportation of the Gnlt, Colorado and
Santa Fe, was in Fort Worth yesterday
The exact whereabouts OF. the engineers
of the st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
could not be learned yesterday. They
are, as it were, between stations.
The good work of substituting steel
rails for iron on the Rio Grande division
of the Texas and Pacific goes steadily on.
Three miles of track was changed yester-
day.
The country along the line of the Fort
Worth and Denver will blossom as the
rose before another year rolls by. Scores
of people are writing here in regard to
the country, while gentlemen representing
numbers of farmers are making arrange
ments to locate them in the rich Panhen-
die country.
Information from the Territory is to
the effect, that tracklayipg on the Gulf,
tention and the Atchison, Arkansas City
extension, is now progressing more
rapidly than ever before, and the
determination Is to have the road COM
pleted on time.
The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Railway has issued from its executive de-
partment circular No. 10, under date st.
LOUIS, Mo, March %, 1887, which is
Gil hryD
"Mr. W. z. Holman is appointed General
Manager of this COmpany's lines, to take
effect April l, proX. He Will be respect.
ed and obeyed accordingly. His Office
will be st Texarksna. The office of AS
sistant General Manager is abolished"
Bradstreet's of the 26th in remarks on
the New York stock aud bond markets,
has this to say: "FJrt Worth and Den
yer was another feature, and rose from
309404r the story being that the
consolidation of the lines con-
struCted or being built of which it is
the nucleus and which will form 8
through line from Denver to Fort Worth,
Tex, was TO be merged into the Missouri
Pacific system, with an exchange OF stock
on the basis of one shsFe of the latter for
four of the Fort Worth company. 1t
would seem that there is no present foun-
dation for the report"
President Paddock of the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande was seen yesterday and
cheerfully informed THE GAZETTE of
the progress being made. Tracklaying
stopped yesterday eighteen miles from
the city to wait until small trestle had
been built, which was completed by
night, and to-day mile aud q half of
track will be put down, when another
small trestle has to go in. After that
Captain Paddock says there is but |
little bridging to be done until |
BraZos is reached. On March % the |
Pencoyd Bridge Company of Philadelphia
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
TICKET COMMISSIONS.

THE JOINT COMMITTEE DECIDES THAT
ALL COMMISSIONS TO AGENTS AND
sCALPERS MUST GO.
NEW YORK, March 30.-The Joint ex-
ecutive commission of trunk lines and the
Central Traffic Association, held an i'm
portant meeting at Commissioner Fink's
office in this city to-day. The result of
its deliberations will be read with interest
by railroad men in the country, not TO
mention the scalpers. The end shows
nothing less than complete sbol-
iShment of commissions for the sale
of passenger tickets al over the country
The inhibition is to run not only as to
professional ticket brokers, but also as to
regular agents who have many years been
allowed commissions on their sales Of
tickets over lines connecting with those
in whose employ they have been. This
decision was reached unanimously, and
by such large number OF lines
that it is believed it will
prove more effective than previous
attempts in the same direction, which
were put into force only on trunk lines.
This abuse, which begun more than thirty
five years ago, has grown to such enor-
nous proportions that it is estimated it
is now costing the railways of the United
States, directly and indirectly, st the rate
Of more than 5000, 900 annually, and has
to 8 great extent been the means by
which the tieket-scalpers have been built
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
AMATEUR ART.
State Exhibit by The vandyke Union of San
Antonio.
SnpcleI tn tho Gazette

State Exhibit by The Vandyke Union of San
Antonio.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, March 30,-The
state exhibit given for amsteurs by the
Vandyke Union of San Antonio was
thrown open to the public this afternoon
at the Grand opera house, and has
proved as successful as the management
could desire for this, the first purely art
exhibition ever given in Texas. Entries
were made by amateurs in almost every
city and town of any Importance
in the state, showing the deep interest
which is felt in such matters even in the
far west. The entire affair and manage
ment is under the Vandyke Club, com
posed entirely of ladies from the best
families in both civil and military life.
They feel encouraged at the result of the
first effort. Among the awards thus far
made are the following: Miss f.
Eager, San Antonio, Maverick medal,
for portraits of figures IN oil;
Miss Hearre of Hearne, bill medal for
landscapes Miss Eva Shook. Of San An
tcniO, honorable mention for flower
painting in oils; Miss Prescott Of San An
tonic, honorable mention for landscape
in oil; Miss Long OF San Antonio, hon
Orable mention for still life in oil;
Father PfeufferkoTn of BelknRp, medal
for crayons; Mrs. E. B. Chandler, honor
able mention for crayons. Hon. c. Up
son made the opening address.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-31
SCANDAL AT WASHINGTON.
THE Social Hurrah at the National Capital
and its Consequences.
New YOrk star


New York star.
Our Washington adViCes indicate wide
spread indignation in that brilliant but
somewhat idle capital anent the publica-
ton, in the New York World of the state
ment that prominent Senator had asked
for the recall of c INT Sala of the French
Legation. The reason alleged was g
purely personal, not to say domestic one,
it being asserted that Count Sala was
paying too much attention to the Sena-
tors wife and had, in facr, already COM
promised her reputation, to say nothing
of her husbands peace of mind.
1t would hardly be fair to mention the
name of the lady involved in this nasty
scandal, even for the purpose of defeAd
ing her from calumny which is baseless.
We can safely assert that ell the appear
ances in the case point to the lady's entire
innocence, both in fact and in her hus-
bands esteem, since he is a constant
companion of Count Sala, and it is nearly
always by his invitation that the Count
Joins his family party, at the theater, on
the promenade, driving, or at such society
manifestations as the recent paper chase,
of which abundant mention has been
made in these columns. The gossip ap-
pears to be purely malicious and to be
unworthy of the notice of decent people
There is one observation, however,
which we feel called upon to make, and
that is, that the somewhat OvergTOWn
crop of scandal produced at Washington
during the present season IS nothing but
the legitimate product of the social con-
diti0ns prevailing there-cOnditions UG-
wholesome and vicious and incapable of
yielding any fruit other than sorrow and
shame and trouble. One has only to
visit Washington when the season is fair
~ under way, and watch the reckless fury
OF the chase after notOriety, il order to
realize the full pOrteut and significance Of
the situation. The hysterical eagernesS
with which the great multitude strives to
attract public attention; the unquestion-
ing credulity with which any and ell
pretensions, no matter how trsnspar-
emily pinchbeck are permitted 10 pass
current; the garish OstentauoD, the vul-
gar scramble for publicity-all these in
dicatlons conspire to impress the thought
fuI observer with the danger aud prepare
him for the inevitable consequences of so
condition of things. And
not least among the forb1dding and unto
ward features of the scene is the lndis-
crlminate enthusiasm with which for
eigners are Seized and clasped to the b.
som of familiarity and confidence, simply
because they are foreigners and without
the smallest curiosity or care as to their